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. 2021 Apr 28;9(3):324–334. doi: 10.14218/JCTH.2020.00145

Table 4. Renal safety parameters at week 144.

TAF (N = 227) TDF (N = 107)
Mean serum creatinine (mg/dL [SD])
  Baseline 0.81 (0.144) 0.82 (0.151)
  Change at week 144 –0.012 (0.090) –0.002 (0.092)
        Difference in least squares means (95% CI) –0.011(−0.033–0.010)
Median eGFRCG (mL/min [Q1, Q3])
  Baseline 113 (98, 129) 113 (97, 125)
  Change at week 144 –0.4 (–8.2, 8.6) –3.2 (–11.2, 5.2)
    p-value 0.014
  ≥25% decrease from baseline in eGFRCG (n/n) 22/225 (10) 24/107 (22)
  p-value 0.003
Shifts in CKD stage: baseline →week 144*†
  Improvement
    Stage 2→1 7/32 (22) 1/12 (8)
    Stage 3→2 1/1 (100) 0/2 (0)
  Worsening
    Stage 1→2 12/180 (7) 10/85 (12)
    Stage 2→3 0/32 (0) 0/12 (0)
  No change
    Stage 1→1 168/180 (93) 75/85 (88)
    Stage 2→2 25/32 (78) 11/12 (92)
    Stage 3→3 0/1 (0) 2/2 (100)
    p-value 0.064
Median urinary proximal tubular markers (µg/g [Q1, Q3]) n = 227 n = 107
  RBP:Cr
  Baseline 91 (65, 133) 93 (69, 138)
  % change at week 144 –8 (–35, 41) 27 (–18, 71)
    p-value 0.003
  β2M:Cr
    Baseline 94 (67, 152) 91 (58, 149)
    % change at week 144 –29 (–56, 12.5) 18 (–35, 124)
    p-value <0.0001

eGFRCG, estimated creatinine clearance by the Cockcroft-Gault method. RBP:Cr, urine retinol binding protein-to-creatinine ratio. β2M:Cr, urine beta-2 microglobulin to creatinine ratio. *eGFRCG: Stage 1: ≥ 90 mL/min; Stage 2: ≥60 to < 90 mL/min; Stage 3: ≥ 30 to < 60 mL/min; Stage 4:≥15 to <30 mL/min. There were no Stage 4 CKD patients at baseline and no patients had moved to Stage 4 at week 144.